The price for a gp appointment suggests they’re not paying adequate wages to justify study and recruitment.
RemovedByGallowboob on
Add at least one 0 onto the end of each of these and you can make it American.
Ancalimei on
*cries in American*
Hayred on
I’m a technician that works in Clinical Biochemistry (that is, the blood test guys).
In terms of *just* the lab reagents used to do someones cholesterol blood test, the price is 11p. The same test from Thriva will cost you £53, and an optional £40 phlebotomy charge.
TruthOf42 on
There was a video of someone asking UK people how much they think an American would pay for an ambulance ride…
HellbellyUK on
Outpatient transport to an appointment is about £130. I know because were I used to work we provided it for about 30% less.
Rogendo on
Damn, ambulance rides are cheap for the government
nadejha on
I’d happily pay the £36 if it meant I didn’t have to wake up at 8am and then battle the phone lines to then meet the gatekeeping reception team just to see my GP.
teabagmoustache on
I’m not opposed to charging for missed doctor’s appointments.
Over a million appointments per month are no shows.
YoghurtAnxious9635 on
Just wanted to mention that most people in the UK need to pay for prescriptions – only £9.90 per item, so not much but also not free.
There exceptions including age and some medical conditions can get an exemption
CreativeFraud on
Dayum!
jaceinthebox on
Let’s look at toilet roll and the likes, how much does that cost the NHS to buy. That’s the really thong that needs to be investigated, how do the suppliers get the contracts.
toughtacos on
So, what’s the point of this sign? Seems to passive-aggressively suggest people should be happy with what they are getting “for free” and not complain, when this is all paid by taxes.
BlackViper3000 on
This should be in every hospital. In france, a lot of people consider healthcare as free, because we never see the price of our healthcare.
subprincessthrway on
Damn we pay more than that out of pocket for a GP visit WITH insurance
sarcastic_sybarite83 on
Why is no one talking about the lines being stupid lengths?
They should have done it as a cost graph, but someone decided to screw with it.
Survive1014 on
*Shrug*
Health Care is a service most civilized society provide to their citizens.
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Always a cost to free things
Nice info. Pretty reasonable costs.
The price for a gp appointment suggests they’re not paying adequate wages to justify study and recruitment.
Add at least one 0 onto the end of each of these and you can make it American.
*cries in American*
I’m a technician that works in Clinical Biochemistry (that is, the blood test guys).
In terms of *just* the lab reagents used to do someones cholesterol blood test, the price is 11p. The same test from Thriva will cost you £53, and an optional £40 phlebotomy charge.
There was a video of someone asking UK people how much they think an American would pay for an ambulance ride…
Outpatient transport to an appointment is about £130. I know because were I used to work we provided it for about 30% less.
Damn, ambulance rides are cheap for the government
I’d happily pay the £36 if it meant I didn’t have to wake up at 8am and then battle the phone lines to then meet the gatekeeping reception team just to see my GP.
I’m not opposed to charging for missed doctor’s appointments.
Over a million appointments per month are no shows.
Just wanted to mention that most people in the UK need to pay for prescriptions – only £9.90 per item, so not much but also not free.
There exceptions including age and some medical conditions can get an exemption
Dayum!
Let’s look at toilet roll and the likes, how much does that cost the NHS to buy. That’s the really thong that needs to be investigated, how do the suppliers get the contracts.
So, what’s the point of this sign? Seems to passive-aggressively suggest people should be happy with what they are getting “for free” and not complain, when this is all paid by taxes.
This should be in every hospital. In france, a lot of people consider healthcare as free, because we never see the price of our healthcare.
Damn we pay more than that out of pocket for a GP visit WITH insurance
Why is no one talking about the lines being stupid lengths?
They should have done it as a cost graph, but someone decided to screw with it.
*Shrug*
Health Care is a service most civilized society provide to their citizens.